From: John Cuccia 

Those same points were  raised en masse by the Republican chorus, including
then-Govenor Bush, when Clinton was committing troops to the Balkans.

When I pointed this out a few weeks ago, GaryB informed me that 9/11
changed everything and the doctrine, hard learned through the lessons of
Korea and Vietnam (several million dead, of which some 100,000 were
American), was no longer operative.

There, I've saved him some typing.


On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:17:49 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>With the recent American Legion commander's call to members to "stand
>against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse,
>endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their
>cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples", it's time to revisit
>that time when the commander might have felt differently:
>
>---
>Mr. President, the United States Armed Forces should never be committed
>to wartime operations unless the following conditions are fulfilled:
>
>
>That there be a clear statement by the President of why it is in our
>vital national interests to be engaged in hostilities;
>
>Guidelines be established for the mission, including a clear exit
>strategy;
>
>That there be support of the mission by the U.S. Congress and the
>American people; and
>
>That it be made clear that U.S. Forces will be commanded only by U.S.
>officers whom we acknowledge are superior military leaders.
>
>
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